Utica, NY – Utica Comets President Robert Esche announced today that the team will play a home-and-home preseason series against the Syracuse Crunch, beginning on Saturday, September 30. The Comets will host the first game of the series at the…
Utica, NY – Utica Comets General Manager Ryan Johnson announced today that the club has signed goaltender Michael Garteig to a one-year American Hockey League contract. Garteig, 25, dressed in 22 games with the Aces last season, posting…
Earlier this summer, the Utica Comets staff sent out a survey to its valued Season Ticket Members to ask for some feedback about different aspects of the organization, ranging from ticketing to game day operations to concessions. The staff has had some…
With the fifth season in franchise history quickly approaching, big things are to come for the Comets' merchandise department. New Director of Merchandising for the Comets, Sarah Colson, has worked diligently this summer to revamp the merchandise…
Utica, NY – Utica Comets General Manager Ryan Johnson announced today that Curtis Sanford has been named Player Development Goaltending Consultant and Utica-native Josh Gagnon has been promoted to Video Coach. “We’re excited to have…
With only four short weeks until all skaters and netminders are headed to Vancouver to begin Canucks’ training camp, Comets Tales caught up with three fan-favorites to talk about their summer preparations. The days of coming to training camp to…
The Nexus Center is (literally) all about connections, and how to intertwine different sports and entertainment facets of Utica’s community into one. CEO of MVG and President of the Utica Comets Robert Esche has worked with local leaders to develop…
Comets Tales : Meet Jaime Sifers With parts of eight AHL seasons experience behind him, Jaime Sifers hasn't skated a single game at The AUD – yet. This is going to change come November 1. The newly signed Comets defenseman is anxious…
A couple of months ago, the current construction project at the Utica Memorial Auditorium unearthed a pleasant surprise that brought construction and development of The AUD full circle. While disassembling the area around the Labatt Blue Ticket Entrance,…
On July 26, the Comets announced Ryan Johnson as General Manager of the Utica Comets – their first in franchise history. And on the heels of the hockey operations revamp comes a new business operations department, spearheaded by VP of Corporate…